32.7% of residents of Spring Valley speak English at home.
30.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 36% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
37.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 15,031 (45.8%)
(29.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 79.1%Number of people working at home: 362 (2.6% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 5,396 (60%)

Carpooled: 1,108 (12%)

Bus or trolley bus: 744 (8%)

Subway or elevated: 22 (0%)

Railroad: 34 (0%)

Taxi: 347 (4%)

Bicycle: 39 (0%)

Walked: 916 (10%)

Worked at home: 362 (4%)

First ancestries reported:

Haitian: 5,608

European: 1,365

Jamaican: 1,164

American: 1,056

Hungarian: 672

Polish: 422

Russian: 238

Eastern European: 215

African: 200

Ukrainian: 197

Israeli: 177

Italian: 129

German: 116

Moroccan: 99

Irish: 98

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 89

Norwegian: 43

West Indian: 40

English: 29

Yugoslavian: 28

Scottish: 27

Guyanese: 24

Dutch: 19

Egyptian: 17

Belgian: 16

Brazilian: 15

Nigerian: 14

Romanian: 13

French (except Basque): 11

British: 11

British West Indian: 11

Jordanian: 11

Scandinavian: 10

Senegalese: 10

Barbadian: 10

Swiss: 8

Turkish: 8

Czech: 8

Austrian: 7

Lithuanian: 7

Iraqi: 6

Canadian: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

33%Haiti

24%Guatemala

11%Ecuador

7%Jamaica

4%El Salvador

2%Mexico

2%India

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 15,281

Other state: 2,585

Northeast: 843

Midwest: 217

South: 1,504

West: 179

85% of Spring Valley residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in New York.